364 results about "Co-stimulation" patented technology

The invention discloses a CA9-targeted chimeric antigen receptor and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of biological medicines. The CA9 targeting chimeric antigen receptor provided by the invention comprises a CD8 alpha leading signal peptide, an anti-CA9 single-chain variable fragment, a CD8 alpha hinge, a CD8 transmembrane structural domain and a CD3 zeta intracellular costimulatory signal transduction structural domain. According to the invention, an anti-CA9 single-chain variable fragment is used as an antigen binding structural domain to construct a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) molecule, the macrophage expressing the anti-CA9CAR can realize specific targeting and phagocytosis killing of CA9 positive kidney cancer cells, and the constructed lipid nanoparticle delivery system can effectively transfer a gene expression vector, so that the gene expression vector can realize effective target site delivery, and the CA9 positive kidney cancer cells can be effectively targeted and killed. The constructed hydrogel-liposome combined drug delivery system has the performance of relieving toxic and side effects, controllable release and hemostasis.

The invention discloses an artificial antigen presenting cell for efficiently preparing a chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) and a construction method of the artificial antigen presenting cell, and belongs to the field of cell therapy and immunotherapy, the artificial antigen presenting cell takes a K562 cell as a platform, an anti-CD3 single-chain antibody, an anti-CD28 single-chain antibody, a membrane binding type cell factor and a costimulatory ligand are stably expressed through genetic engineering, and the chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) is obtained. And the local concentration of the anti-CD3 antibody is improved by adopting an HOTag3 tool. The multi-signal integration strategy obviously enhances the activation and proliferation capacity of the T cells, promotes the CAR-T cells to maintain a low differentiation state, and endows the CAR-T cells with excellent anti-tumor activity and durability. The artificial antigen presenting cell provides a novel efficient tool for the field of cellular immunotherapy, and is expected to promote development of more efficient and safer CAR-T therapy to cope with challenges of various malignant tumors.

The invention discloses an E-CAR-NK cell for treating systemic lupus erythematosus and application of the E-CAR-NK cell, and belongs to the technical field of genetic engineering.A CD19 and BCMA double-target E-CAR is adopted for modifying an NK cell, and the E-CAR-NK cell is obtained; the CD19 and BCMA double-target E-CAR is composed of the following modules: a CD8 signal peptide, a CD19 scFv, a Linker, a BCMA scFv, a CD8 Hinge region, an NKG2D transmembrane region, a CD3 epsilon signal transduction region, a DAP12 costimulatory region, a 2B4 costimulatory region, and a CD3 zeta signal transduction region. Compared with a common CAR-NK cell, the E-CAR-NK cell disclosed by the invention has higher antigen sensitivity and better continuous killing ability, so that the treatment effect of SLE is improved, and the E-CAR-NK cell has lower side effects and higher safety.

The present invention relates to a chimeric costimulatory antigen receptor (CoStAR) useful in adoptive cell therapy (ACT), and cells comprising the CoStAR. The CoStAR can act as a modulator of cellular activity enhancing responses to defined antigens. The present invention also provides CoStAR proteins, nucleic acids encoding the CoStAR and therapeutic uses thereof.

Provided is a chimeric antigen receptor targeting GCC, comprising: an scFv that specifically recognizes GCC, a CD8 hinge region or a CD28 hinge region, a CD8 transmembrane region or a CD28 transmembrane region, a CD28 co-stimulatory signal domain or a 4-1BB co-stimulatory signal domain, and a CD3ζ signal domain; the scFv that specifically recognizes GCC comprises a heavy chain variable region VH and a light chain variable region VL, the VH comprising an HC CDR1 having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, an HC CDR2 having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, and an HC CDR3 having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 3, and the VL comprising an LC CDR1 having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 4, an LC CDR2 having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 5, and an LC CDR3 having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 6.

The present disclosure provides bispecific chimeric antigen receptors targeting CD20 and BCMA. The CAR may comprise an scFv targeting CD20 and an scFv targeting BCMA, a hinge region, a transmembrane domain, a co-stimulatory region, and a cytoplasmic signaling domain. The chimeric antigen receptors can be used to treat autoimmune disorders or cancer.

The present invention relates to a chimeric antigen receptor, comprising a ligand binding domain, a transmembrane domain, a co-stimulatory domain, and an intracellular signaling domain, wherein the co-stimulatory domain comprises a mutated CD27 intracellular region. The present invention also relates to an engineered immune cell comprising the chimeric antigen receptor, and a use thereof in treatment of diseases, such as cancer, autoimmune diseases, infections.

The present invention is directed to a humanized monoclonal anti-human EpCAM antibody, such as a single-chain variable fragment (scFv), comprising VH having the amino acid of SEQ ID NO: 2 and VL having the amino acid of SEQ ID NO: 4. The present invention is also directed to a chimeric antigen receptor fusion protein comprising from N-terminus to C-terminus: (i) a single-chain variable fragment (scFv) of the present invention, (ii) a transmembrane domain, (iii) at least one co-stimulatory domains, and (iv) an activating domain.

The invention discloses an IL10-secreting and BAFFR-targeting chimeric antigen receptor, a CAR-T cell and application. The IL10-secreting and BAFFR-targeting chimeric antigen receptor comprises a signal peptide region, a BAFFR-targeting antigen binding domain, a hinge region, a transmembrane structural domain, a co-stimulation structural domain, a signal transduction structural domain and human IL10 which are sequentially connected from an amino terminal to a carboxyl terminal, wherein the signal peptide region, the BAFFR-targeting antigen binding domain, the hinge region, the transmembrane structural domain, the co-stimulation structural domain, the signal transduction structural domain and the human IL10 are sequentially connected from the amino terminal to the carboxyl terminal; the co-stimulation structural domain comprises a CD28 co-stimulation structural domain and a 4-1BB co-stimulation structural domain which are connected, and the signal transduction structural domain is ITAM1 of CD3 zeta. The kit can specifically aim at autoimmune B cells, and immunodeficiency and patient infection caused by full B cell deletion are avoided. The secretion of IL10 on the CAR-T cells can reduce the depletion rate of the CAR-T cells in vivo, so that the long-acting inhibition effect on the disease process is achieved.

To provide novel methods for expanding cell populations, such as regulatory T cells or central memory T cells, for research, diagnostic and, in particular, therapeutic purposes.SOLUTION: The present invention relates to in vitro-methods of expanding a population of cells such as lymphocytes, comprising contacting a sample comprising a population of cells with a multimerization reagent. The multimerization reagent has reversibly immobilized thereon (bound thereto) a first agent that provides a primary activation signal to the cells and optionally, a second agent that provides a co-stimulatory signal. The invention also provides multimerization reagents, kits, arrangements and an apparatus for expanding cells.SELECTED DRAWING: None

The present invention is directed to a monoclonal anti-human CS1 clone 7A8D5 antibody or a single-chain variable fragment (scFv), comprising VH having the amino acid of SEQ ID NO: 4 and VL having the amino acid of SEQ ID NO: 5. The present invention is also directed to a chimeric antigen receptor fusion protein comprising from N-terminus to C-terminus: (i) CS1 scFv of the present invention, (ii) a transmembrane domain, (iii) at least one co-stimulatory domains, and (iv) an activating domain.

The invention relates to a chimeric T-cell receptor (TCR) comprising a human transmembrane domain, a human intracellular domain and a human intracellular CD3ε domain wherein in at least one of the CD3ε domains, an arginine (R) amino acid residue at position 53 and / or 54 of SEQ ID NO:25, or an arginine (R) amino acid residue at a position that corresponds to said arginine (R) amino acid residue at position 54 of SEQ ID NO:25, is substituted or deleted. The invention further relates to a method of producing a T-cell expressing the chimeric co-stimulatory TCR. The invention further relates to a chimeric T-cell receptor (TCR) comprising a human co-stimulatory domain and a human CD3ε domain. The invention further relates to a method of treating a patient having a tumor or an immune-related disease comprising administering T-cells expressing the chimeric TCR to the patient.

The present invention inter alia relates to a chimeric transmembrane receptor comprising a polypeptide, wherein the polypeptide comprises at least one T cell immunoreceptor with Ig and ITIM domains (TIGIT) polypeptide region comprising a TIGIT extracellular ligand binding domain; further wherein the polypeptide comprises at least one non-TIGIT polypeptide region, wherein the at least one non-TIGIT polypeptide region comprises a transmembrane polypeptide region of CD2, CD40, HVEM, or CD30, and wherein the at least one non-TIGIT polypeptide region comprises at least one costimulatory cytoplasmic polypeptide domain, region or motif of CD2, CD40, HVEM, or CD30, or wherein the transmembrane domain is from TIGIT and further wherein the at least one non-TIGIT polypeptide region comprises at least one costimulatory cytoplasmic polypeptide domain, region or motif of CD2 or CD28. The invention also relates to corresponding nucleic acids, vectors and T-cells comprising or expressing the chimeric receptors, to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the T-cells, and to methods for preparing a T-cell for immunotherapy and for treating a disease, respectively, wherein the chimeric transmembrane receptor is used.

The invention provides a CLL1-targeting enhanced chimeric antigen receptor and application thereof. The CLL1-targeting enhanced chimeric antigen receptor comprises a CLL1-targeting extracellular antigen recognition structural domain, a hinge region, a transmembrane region and an intracellular structural domain, and the intracellular structural domain comprises a costimulatory factor and an intracellular signal transduction structural domain; wherein the intracellular domain further comprises a cytokine receptor gamma chain amino acid sequence derived from IL2R gamma, or wherein the costimulatory domain comprises an amino acid sequence derived from 2B4. Compared with a CLL1CAR-DNT cell with a conventional second-generation chimeric antigen receptor structure, the CLL1CAR-DNT cell with the enhanced chimeric antigen receptor structure has the advantage that the proliferation level of the CLL1CAR-DNT cell with the enhanced chimeric antigen receptor structure is higher.

The present invention relates to chimeric co-stimulatory antigen receptors (CoStAR) useful in adoptive cell therapy (ACT) and cells comprising said CoStAR. CoStAR can be used as modulators that enhance the activity of cells that respond to determined antigens. The invention also provides CoStAR proteins, nucleic acids encoding said CoStAR, and therapeutic uses thereof.

Provided is a humanized CD19 single-chain variable fragment (scFv) having a mutation of valine to glycine in CDR1, comprising VH having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6 and VL having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5. Also provided is a CD19 chimeric antigen receptor fusion protein comprising from N-terminus to C-terminus: (i) a single-chain variable fragment (scFv), (ii) a transmembrane domain, (iii) at least one co-stimulatory domains, and (iv) an activating domain. This humanized CD19-CAR-T cells have specific killing activity with secretion of cytokine IFN-gamma in CAR-T cells in vitro and in vivo.

The present disclosure provides a method for enhancing the anti-tumor efficacy of an Fc fusion protein which binds specifically to a target, e.g., a co-inhibitory or co-stimulatory receptor of ligand, on a T cell in a subject afflicted with a cancer or a disease caused by an infectious agent and alters the activity of the immunomodulatory target, thereby potentiating an endogenous immune response against cells of the cancer or the infectious agent, wherein the method comprises selecting, designing or modifying the Fc region of the Fc fusion protein so as to enhance the binding of said Fc region to an activating Fc receptor (FcR). The disclosure also provides an Fc fusion protein produced by said method and its use in treating a subject afflicted with a cancer or a disease caused by an infectious agent.

A chimeric antigen receptor, which relates to the technical field of biomedicine. The chimeric antigen receptor comprises a BCMA binding domain and a non-antigen binding domain, wherein the non-antigen binding domain comprises an extracellular domain, a transmembrane domain and an intracellular co-stimulatory domain of CD28 or functional variants thereof, and a signaling domain of CD3ζ or a functional variant thereof; the enhancer is selected from IL-2, IL-3, IL-4, IL-6, IL-7, IL-8, IL-10, IL-11, IL-12, IL-15, IL-17, IL-18, IL-21, IL-23, a receptor thereof, a functional variant thereof, or a combination thereof. The present application also relates to a CAR-NK cell comprising the chimeric antigen receptor. The tumor-targeting CAR-NK cell has a good killing effect on tumor cells, and can be used as a CAR-NK cell drug for treating tumors.

The present invention is directed to a humanized BCMA single-chain variable fragment (scFv), comprising VH having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4 and VL having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5. The present invention is also directed to a BCMA chimeric antigen receptor fusion protein comprising from N-terminus to C-terminus: (i) a single-chain variable fragment (scFv) of the present invention, (ii) a transmembrane domain, (iii) at least one co-stimulatory domains, and (iv) an activating domain. This humanized BCMA-CAR-T cells have specific killing activity with secretion of cytokine IFN-gamma in CAR-T cells in vitro and in vivo.

The present invention relates to multispecific antigen binding proteins that comprise an antigen-binding regions specific for a tumor-associated antigen (TAA), an antigen-binding region that specifically binds an epitope of a γδ T cell receptor (TCR), a γδ T cell-activating cytokine, and optionally, a γδ T cell co-stimulatory agonist. The γδ T cell-activating cytokine preferably is at least 5 one of an interleukin 21 receptor (IL21R) agonist and an interleukin 15 receptor (IL15R) agonist. The γδ T cell co-stimulatory agonist cytokine preferably is at least one of a 4-1BB agonist, a CD27 agonist and a GITR agonist. The multispecific antigen binding proteins of the invention specifically redirect and activate γδ T cell to lyse targeted tumor cells. The invention further relates to the use of such multispecific antigen binding proteins in the treatment of cancer, preferably a cancer 10 expressing the TAA.

Provided herein are novel antibodies to aPD-L1, aPD-L2, and aCD28. In some embodiments, the antibody is an aPD-L1 x aPD-L2 x aCD28 antibody. Such antibodies enhance anti-tumor activity by providing a co-stimulatory signal against T cell activation of tumor cells while also advantageously blocking inhibitory PD-L1: PD1 and / or PD-L2: PD1 pathway interactions.

The invention discloses a nano vaccine as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The nano vaccine provided by the invention is prepared by fusing a liposome of which the surface is coupled with an inhibitor of an inhibitory immune checkpoint and a cell membrane of a tumor antigen sensitized dendritic cell cultured by utilizing a tumor cell lysate and keyhole limpet hemocyanin. The obtained nano vaccine is uniform in particle size, the outer layer of the nano vaccine is wrapped by a cell membrane, and the nano vaccine has proper surface potential, size and structural flexibility and is beneficial to aggregation in tumors. After the nano vaccine reaches tumor tissues, antigens can be efficiently and directly presented to T lymphocytes through cell membranes of tumor antigen sensitized dendritic cells, a costimulatory signal necessary for T cell activation is fully provided, meanwhile, T cell depletion can be reversed through an immune checkpoint inhibitor, the function of the inhibited T cells is re-excited, and the T cells are activated. The cytotoxic function and the multiplication capacity of the T cells are effectively and specifically recovered through a double-line strategy.

The present invention provides a GD2-targeting CAR-T cell and its preparation and application. Specifically, the present invention provides a GD2-targeting CAR construct, which comprises the scFv fragment of the humanized GD2 antibody 3F8, the human Fc fragment, the ICOS transmembrane region, the ICOS and 4-1BB intracellular regions (co-stimulatory signals), and CD3ζ. The present invention also provides a CAR-T cell based on the above CAR, its preparation method and application. The CAR-T cell of the present invention can significantly inhibit the proliferation of tumor cells in a subcutaneous model of neuroblastoma, has a significant in vivo anti-tumor effect, and can be used for the targeted treatment of neuroblastoma.

Chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) and bicistronic chimeric antigen receptors (BiCisCARs) that target fibroblast growth factor receptor 4 (FGFR4), CD276, or both are disclosed. The CARs and BiCisCARs include a hinge and transmembrane domain from either CD28 or CD8 and a co-stimulatory domain from either CD28 or 4-1BB. The CARs and BiCisCARs can further include amino acid substitutions in one or more immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motifs (ITAMs) of a CD3ζ intracellular signaling domain. Cells expressing the CARs or BiCisCARs can be used for the treatment of cancers that express one or both of FGFR4 and CD276.

Methods treating an aberrant activation of αvβ integrin are provided. The methods include administering a therapeutically effective amount of inducible co-stimulator ligand (ICOSL) polypeptide to a subject in need thereof. Methods of identifying subjects having a kidney injury are also provided.

Provided is a bispecific chimeric antigen receptor targeting CD38 and CLL1. The chimeric antigen receptor at least comprises, from the N-terminus to the C-terminus: i) an antigen-binding domain that specifically recognizes CLL1 and CD38; ii) a transmembrane domain; iii) at least one co-stimulatory domain; and iv) a signaling domain. A dual-targeting CAR-T cell prepared by using the chimeric antigen receptor described above shows highly specific in-vitro cytotoxicity against CLL1-positive and / or CD38-positive target cells.

The invention relates to a CD19 and CD70 targeted double-target chimeric antigen receptor and application thereof, the CD19 and CD70 targeted double-target chimeric antigen receptor comprises an extracellular antigen binding domain, a hinge region, a transmembrane domain, an intracellular costimulatory domain and an intracellular signal transduction domain, and the extracellular antigen binding domain has specific binding ability to CD19 and CD70. The double-target chimeric antigen receptor structure has a treatment effect of targeting double antigens or single antigens, can be used for preparing immune effector cells targeting CD19 and CD70, and provides a treatment or improvement approach for diseases related to CD19 and CD70 double expression or CD19 / CD70 single expression.

The invention provides an application of a pair of immune costimulatory factors TNFSF9 / TNFRSF9 as markers in preparation of a product for early prediction of preeclampsia, and the immune costimulatory factors comprise a tumor necrosis factor superfamily member 9 (TNFSF9) and a tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 9 (TNFRSF9). The product is used for carrying out early warning on the preeclampsia occurrence risk 20 weeks before pregnancy. The product is used for detecting the immune costimulatory factor through at least one of serum, plasma, whole blood and placental tissue. The invention aims to improve the early prediction efficiency of preeclampsia by detecting the abnormal expression level of the pair of markers.

The invention provides a chimeric antigen receptor for regulating and controlling a signal time sequence and application of the chimeric antigen receptor. The chimeric antigen receptor sequentially comprises a signal peptide, an extracellular domain, a transmembrane domain and an intracellular domain from an N terminal to a C terminal, the extracellular structural domain comprises an antigen recognition region and a hinge region; the intracellular domain comprises a costimulatory signal transduction region and a CD3 [zeta] intracellular region variant; the CD3 [zeta] intracellular region variant comprises three ITAMs, and the arrangement sequence of the ITAMs is ITAM3-ITAM2-ITAM1 from the N end to the C end. Compared with a conventional chimeric antigen receptor containing a wild CD3 zeta intracellular region, the chimeric antigen receptor provided by the invention can significantly enhance the functional activity of immune cells expressing the chimeric antigen receptor, which is specifically embodied in stronger multiplication capacity and durability, and significantly improves the antigen sensitivity and targeted killing efficacy.

The invention provides a spot universal CFR64-T cell prepared on the basis of CRISPR / Cas9 as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The CFR64-T cell is obtained by induced differentiation of recombinant human embryonic stem cells; in the recombinant human embryonic stem cell, a coding sequence of a CFR64 molecule is knocked into a TRAC site of the human embryonic stem cell at a fixed point through a CRISPR / Cas9 editing system; the CFR64 molecule comprises an antigen binding structural domain, a transmembrane structural domain and an intracellular costimulatory signal structural domain, the antigen binding domain is a human Fc gamma receptor extracellular domain, and the amino acid sequence of the antigen binding domain is shown in SEQ ID NO: 1. The CRISPR / Cas9 technology is adopted, gene integration sites are controllable and free of oncogene mutation risks, TCR genes are knocked out, the immunological rejection risk of universal CFR64-T cells to hosts is reduced, and meanwhile gene expression is more stable.